Sr. System Integration Engineer, Residential Energy

To ensure Tesla's overall mission of accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy, the Tesla Energy team is bringing our world leading battery technology to the grid. Tesla is leveraging its breakthrough firmware, electronics, test, and manufacturing capability to develop and deploy grid connected storage at residential, industrial, and utility levels.Tesla Energy is looking for an engineer who is passionate about integration of software, hardware, and mechanical design to drive the world's transition to a sustainable future. We emphasize collaboration in our work, and always encourage each other to have fun while we change the world together.


Responsibilities

• Responsible for hardware and firmware integration across multiple teams, including component level and full system validation
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure functional, performance, safety, and reliability requirements are successfully achieved
• Drive continuous improvement in design and performance by providing direct and accurate feedback to design owners
• Act as key leader of DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) as part of the product design, integration, and test process
• Identify, escalate, and lead to resolve hardware critical issues during system bring up, performance tests, and safety tests
• Conduct failure analysis to understand root cause and drive resolution for hardware and firmware failures originating in testing and from the field
• Ensure the validation infrastructure is properly designed to stress test the components and full system for achieving highest quality energy product
• Lead and own system level firmware validation, new features definition, firmware regression, and firmware releases
• Develop and maintain automated firmware tests using Python libraries
• Take part in hardware bring up and prototyping

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in hardware/firmware integration and validation
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals
• Strong understanding of electrical systems, including inverters, batteries, and solar PV arrays
• Experience with Python, C, C++
• Hands-on experience with electrical, mechanical, and software engineering components and an understanding of how they interact in a complex product
• Must be comfortable with hands-on lab work (including the use of scopes, CAN tools, soldering irons, etc. as needed to support integration)
• Exceptional analytical problem-solving skills, able to identify and surface issues within complex HW/SW systems
• Preferred: Working understanding of how grid-tied storage systems function and interact with the grid
• Preferred: Strong understanding of device characteristics, gate driving circuit design, thermal design, magnetics design (inductors, transformers), power electronics topologies (AC/DC, DC/DC & DC/AC), modulation schemes, and control theories

Compensation and Benefits
Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• LGBTQ+ care concierge services
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program


Expected Compensation

$120,000 - $252,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.